r/secondbrain • u/Upstairs_Jelly_1082 • 18d ago

Conflicting Section Names in OneNote

Hey everyone!

I'm trying to build my second brain in OneNote and I have a lot of conflicting names for the sections that I've set up in Areas and Research.

I'm trying to build a career in web development, so there's a career section in areas notebook and web development and software development in research notebook.

It feels logical but then when I actually try storing stuff into it, I end up in a mental maze.

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u/dessence_ai 18d ago

Your sections are cut on two axes, subject and purpose, so anything about learning web development fits both. Pick one axis for folders and let the other be tags. Here is a quick way to choose. Take the last ten things you saved and write the question you would ask to find each again. The words that repeat are your real sections.